Since This is My Earth started saving lands in danger in 2016, the list of species and animals that have since been protected has not stopped growing.
The international motto chosen for Biodiversity Day 2022 is
𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲, and its objective is to promote the idea that we are all part of the same context and form a balance.
May 22, 2022, moreover, comes at a time when levels of uncertainty are growing regarding new health hazards arising from the increase in cases of new infectious diseases. Virus mutations that pass from animals to humans directly result from the imbalances generated by climate change and the overexploitation of the planet’s natural resources.
In the weekly summary published by the magazine Nature: Spillover threats, Moon quest — the week in infographics, the concern of the scientific community is shared about the increase in diseases that have passed from animals to humans since 1918 and that, in some cases, have led to epidemic or even pandemic situations (such as with COVID19).
From This is My Earth, we want to unite and vindicate the global scientific trend that defends that the fact of protecting biodiversity is not only an act of passive generosity or of responsibility towards the rest of the world’s species and habitats but must be used as part of an active strategy for better health for all (including humans) and a weapon to slow down the effects of climate change: In short, more biodiversity, less disease, more protected environments, less extreme effects derived from of climate change.
Below is the list of species that we have saved since 2016. They are wild animals, and they are allies to improve your health, your quality of life, your children’s future and your community’s well-being, and that of the planet.
- Critically Endangered Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda)
- Endangered Peruvian Night Monkey (Aotus miconax)
- Endangered White-bellied Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth)
- Endangered Royal Sunangel (Heliangelus regalis)
- Vulnerable Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
- Vulnerable Long-whiskered Owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi)
- Near Threatened Jaguar (Panthera onca)
- Endangered Johnson’s Tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus luluae)
- Endangered Royal Sunangel (Heliangelus regalis)
- Endangered Peruvian Night Monkey (Aotus miconax)
- Endangered White-bellied Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth)
- Vulnerable Rusty-tinged Antpitta (Galleria przewalskii)
- Near Threatened Jaguar (Panthera onca)
- Endangered Endangered Sokoke Pipit (Anthus sokokensis)
- Endangered Endangered Sokoke Scops Owl (Otus ireneae)
- Endangered Endangered Golden-rumped Sengi (or Elephant-Shrew, Rhynchocyon chrysopygus)
- Near Threatened Fischer’s Turaco (Tauraco fischeri)
- Near Threatened Southern Banded Snake Eagle (Circaetus fasciolatus)
- Critically Endangered Hickatee turtle (Dermatemys mawii)
- Endangered Yucatán black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra)
- Endangered Central American spider monkey (Ateles gelffroyi)
- Endangered Baird’s tapir (Tapirus bairdii).
- Endangered Yellow-headed parrot (Amazona oratrix)
- Vulnerable lowland and highland White-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari)
- Critically Endangered Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricate)
- Critically Endangered Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara)
- Critically Endangered Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis)
- Critically Endangered Elkhorn Coral (Acropora palmata)
- Vulnerable Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
The illustrations that we have included in this video have been made by our dear volunteers Reut and Julya. Thank you so much for your commitment #TogetherThroughTiME!